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got to the end of the tunnel the water was u p to his chin. He couldn't stand straight in the tunnel, but stood in a stooping position. When he came out the other end of the tunnel, he had no way of getting home except by horseback. I t was zero weather and his clothes were soaking wet, and by the time he reached home they were frozen to him. The other boys were called on to do the same thing on other occasions, as the tunnel was constantly being jammed with ice during cold weather. Will said that he didn't ever go through the tunnel, hut rode along side the ditches on horseback many times so one of his brothers, who was cleaning the ditch would have transportation home when he finished. They used the horse to help tramp the ice out. Sometimes when the boys got cold and wet and exhausted, they resorted to telling the man at the plant that it was impossible to keep it open any longer, and then they had to ride back up and turn the water out of the ditch.'" They had trouble with the diversion dam, too. Lehi M. says they rhopped every tree out of the canyon around the area to keep the dam intact. H e said, "There didn't seem to he much trouble on regular days because, if they got into too much trouble, they could just turn the lights off and use candles, but on special nights when there was a dance or play, a lecture or musical production, everyone had to he u p to the plant to keep it running. My brothers and I missed all the cultural productions of the town because we were always doing what we could, to keep the power plant operating." Henrietta did most of the calling when men were needed to clean the ditches or if the dam went out. The boys agreed that their mother was the general foreman of the entire production. In the summer the boys had a steady job keeping the dam in, after floods. Rass and Will spent much of their time doing this since they, being the youngest, could do this while the older boys did the farm work. They also spent some time working on the power poles, putting the cross arms on. This they did without pay.14 When Rass was 15 years old, a n unusually strong east wind came up and his father sent him on a mission that meant the safety of many of the people in Cedar City. He was told to ride as fast as possible about a mile and a half to the Power Plant and tell the operator to shut the power off. Rass said, " I jlave never seen my horse, Josey, go sofast." After the wind subsided, most of the power poles and many hams in the community were down.15 In 1910, one mile of redwood pipe was purchased and installed to replace that part of the canal where so much difficulty had been experienced. This made the plant much more dependable and the service was g r e ~ ~ timproved.'" ly
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got to the end of the tunnel the water was u p to his chin. He couldn't stand straight in the tunnel, but stood in a stooping position. When he came out the other end of the tunnel, he had no way of getting home except by horseback. I t was zero weather and his clothes were soaking wet, and by the time he reached home they were frozen to him. The other boys were called on to do the same thing on other occasions, as the tunnel was constantly being jammed with ice during cold weather. Will said that he didn't ever go through the tunnel, hut rode along side the ditches on horseback many times so one of his brothers, who was cleaning the ditch would have transportation home when he finished. They used the horse to help tramp the ice out. Sometimes when the boys got cold and wet and exhausted, they resorted to telling the man at the plant that it was impossible to keep it open any longer, and then they had to ride back up and turn the water out of the ditch.'" They had trouble with the diversion dam, too. Lehi M. says they rhopped every tree out of the canyon around the area to keep the dam intact. H e said, "There didn't seem to he much trouble on regular days because, if they got into too much trouble, they could just turn the lights off and use candles, but on special nights when there was a dance or play, a lecture or musical production, everyone had to he u p to the plant to keep it running. My brothers and I missed all the cultural productions of the town because we were always doing what we could, to keep the power plant operating." Henrietta did most of the calling when men were needed to clean the ditches or if the dam went out. The boys agreed that their mother was the general foreman of the entire production. In the summer the boys had a steady job keeping the dam in, after floods. Rass and Will spent much of their time doing this since they, being the youngest, could do this while the older boys did the farm work. They also spent some time working on the power poles, putting the cross arms on. This they did without pay.14 When Rass was 15 years old, a n unusually strong east wind came up and his father sent him on a mission that meant the safety of many of the people in Cedar City. He was told to ride as fast as possible about a mile and a half to the Power Plant and tell the operator to shut the power off. Rass said, " I jlave never seen my horse, Josey, go sofast." After the wind subsided, most of the power poles and many hams in the community were down.15 In 1910, one mile of redwood pipe was purchased and installed to replace that part of the canal where so much difficulty had been experienced. This made the plant much more dependable and the service was g r e ~ ~ timproved.'" ly
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